Blinken meets with Netanyahu, hoping ceasefire prevents Rafah operation

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli leaders on Wednesday as the United States hopes Hamas will accept the most recent ceasefire terms that would delay an Israeli military operation in Rafah the U.S. does not support.

He met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Isaac Herzog as he continued his trip around the Middle East. Blinken, like several other U.S. officials, reiterated the administration’s stance against full-scale Israeli operations in Rafah, the southernmost city of Gaza along the Egyptian border, where more than a million Palestinians have sought refuge due to the war.